The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Overall, most programs increase employment and earnings among participants while receiving a subsidy. However, the ultimate goal is to improve long-term employment prospects of these workers. Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The report did provide a high-level summary of activities to date, including that BCG had reviewed CDCR ’s third-party contracts and identified opportunities for CDCR to (1)  renegotiate, consolidate, and eliminate contracts and (2)  reduce quantities purchased or switch to a different product type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Below, we provide data on the number of cases of potential noncompliance and program abuse, the most common type of alleged abuse, how OSDS responds to these cases, and whether state entities take additional measures to prevent it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - By type, wildfires and storms made up the majority of these proclamations. Of the 295 emergencies, wildfires represented 130 (44  percent) while storms represented 86 (29  percent) as shown in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Behavioral health facilities are operated by various entity types, including public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit entities. Counties Can Use a Variety of Funding Sources for Community Behavioral Health Facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Students with less financial need could earn a $3,000 education award but not the $7,000 living stipend. Assessment Some Evidence Suggests College Corps Is Meeting Its Objectives. According to California Volunteers, College Corps has three primary objectives: (1)  help low- to moderate-income students graduate college on time with less debt, (2)  create a generation of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - However, the state has been gradually phasing out the types of provisional licenses that DCC can issue. Under current law, DCC is authorized to issue provisional licenses only for applicants that meet certain criteria until January 1, 2031, after which time DCC can only issue annual licenses going forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Figure  3 shows how the spending solutions are broken out across program area and type. Appendix  1 provides a list of these proposed solutions. The remainder of this section describes each of these types in turn. $7.1   Billion in Delayed Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662